Fastest DNS Comparison: 8.8.8.8 vs 9.9.9.9 vs 1.1.1.1

The DNS of the third parties has become an essential for many users who pass more and more of those assigned by default by their operator to give an opportunity to others. Google DNS has always been the most popular, but we have never lost sight of alternatives such as OpenDNS. Now, two more have recently joined the market and have offered their services with a great force. Therefore, we will see this comparison of the fastest DNS in which we face 8.8.8.8 vs 9.9.9.9 vs 1.1.1.1, or what is the same, between Google, IBM Quad 9 and Cloudflare (in addition to others).

With us since 1983, this DNS system, for its acronym in English, Domain Name System, had to be implemented by necessity. Until then, a HOST file was used to save all the known domains. Obviously, the exponential growth of the Internet since then makes it impossible to maintain a system like this.

The DNS is basically responsible for “translating” the domain names to an IP address with which we can establish a connection. For that reason, our Internet provider automatically assigns us their DNS for navigation, but nothing prevents us from changing them for any other. Google DNS has been popular for a long time and later came the IBM DNS dubbed Quad9. In the last week, we have known 1.1.1.1, new DNS faster and private than those of Google launched by Cloudflare.

DNS: 8.8.8.8 vs 9.9.9.9 vs 1.1.1.1

The arrival of Cloudflare’s DNS has shaken up a segment that seemed quite dominated by Google and OpenDNS. Their managers say that they are safer, more private and faster than the Internet giant. However, for this, we have echoed an interesting study that puts the focus on the different alternatives we have in the market in the form of DNS.

The DNS that are part of the study are:

Google 8.8.8.8

CloudFlare 1.1.1.1:

Quad9 9.9.9.9

OpenDNS 208.67.222.222

Norton DNS 199.85.126.20

CleanBrowsing 185.228.168.168

Yandex DNS 77.88.8.7

Comodo DNS 8.26.56.26

For the study, velocity measurements have been made from 18 locations throughout the planet. Among the locations, we find:

We can also make our own measurements from the location where we are using a free tool like DNS Performance Test that can be downloaded from your repository on GitHub. This is designed for Linux, although it can be used with the subsystem included in Windows. In addition, we have others like Namebench, for Windows, Mac and Linux that finds the best DNS for our connection.

Results of the study: these are the fastest DNS

This is a summary of the study’s findings indicating that all DNS providers, except Yandex, performed well in North America and Europe with responses of less than 15ms in all cases. However, the operation in Asia and South America was not so fast.

The DNS 1.1.1.1 Cloudflare was the fastest in 72% of the locations and velocities obtained the lower response of the planet with only 4.98ms. The second and third positions went to Google and IBM’s Quad9 in that order. Quad9 was faster than Google in North America and Europe, but it lowered its performance in Asia and South America.

The fastest-blocking DNS provider for adults was CleanBrowsing, so it should be an option to be considered by parents who want to keep their children’s Internet activity under control or organizations that do not want to allow free access to certain content

These are the global speed results :

CloudFlare: 4.98 ms

Google: 16.44 ms

Quad9: 18.25 ms

CleanBrowsing: 19.14 ms

Norton: 34.75 ms

OpenDNS: 46.51 ms

Comfortable: 71.90

Yandex: 169.91

And the results in Europe:

CloudFlare: 2.96

Quad9: 4.35

CleanBrowsing: 5.74

Google: 7.17

OpenDNS: 8.99

Norton: 10.35

Comfortable: 13.06

Yandex: 35.74

Results in North America Average

CloudFlare: 3.93 ms

Quad9: 7.21 ms

Norton: 8.32 ms

Google: 8.53 ms

CleanBrowsing: 11.83 ms

OpenDNS: 14.66 ms

Comodo: 25.91 ms

Yandex: 119.09 ms

Results Data in USA, NewYork

Quad9 1.50 ms

CloudFlare 1.57 ms

Norton_DNS 7.28 ms

Google_DNS 7.71 ms

OpenDNS 9.71 ms

CleanBrowsing 10.85 ms

Comodo_DNS 12.00 ms

Yandex_DNS 108.14 ms

USA, San Diego

CloudFlare 8.57 ms

Norton_DNS 9.00 ms

Google_DNS 14.28 ms

CleanBrowsing 19.28 ms

OpenDNS 19.42 ms

Quad9 19.42 ms

Comodo_DNS 40.00 ms

Yandex_DNS 193.57 ms

Canada, Toronto

CloudFlare 3.42 ms

Google_DNS 9.42 ms

Norton_DNS 13.00 ms

CleanBrowsing 13.71 ms

Quad9 15.28 ms

OpenDNS 17.85 ms

Comodo_DNS 21.71 ms

Yandex_DNS 124.14 ms

Canada, Montreal

CleanBrowsing 15.28 ms

Google_DNS 16.71 ms

CloudFlare 17.00 ms

Quad9 17.71 ms

OpenDNS 23.42 ms

Norton_DNS 25.71 ms

Comodo_DNS 84.28 ms

Yandex_DNS 118.85 ms

USA, Atlanta

Quad9 1.71 ms

CloudFlare 1.85 ms

Google_DNS 4.14 ms

CleanBrowsing 15.42 ms

Norton_DNS 17.00 ms

OpenDNS 17.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 18.57 ms

Yandex_DNS 127.57 ms

USA, Dallas

CloudFlare 2.10 ms

Norton_DNS 3.14 ms

Quad9 3.42 ms

OpenDNS 6.71 ms

Google_DNS 7.14 ms

CleanBrowsing 10.85 ms

Comodo_DNS 38.42 ms

Yandex_DNS 153.28 ms

USA, Fremont

CloudFlare 2.00 ms

Norton_DNS 6.14 ms

Quad9 11.00 ms

CleanBrowsing 11.85 ms

Google_DNS 13.71 ms

Comodo_DNS 22.00 ms

OpenDNS 24.42 ms

Yandex_DNS 185.00 ms

USA, San Francisco

Norton_DNS 2.00 ms

Quad9 2.14 ms

CloudFlare 2.85 ms

Google_DNS 12.28 ms

CleanBrowsing 21.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 22.14 ms

OpenDNS 28.00 ms

Yandex_DNS 180.42 ms

UK, London

CloudFlare 1.14 ms

Quad9 1.85 ms

CleanBrowsing 2.00 ms

Norton_DNS 6.57 ms

Google_DNS 7.71 ms

Comodo_DNS 9.85 ms

OpenDNS 9.85 ms

Yandex_DNS 35.57 ms

France, Paris

CloudFlare 5.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 10.00 ms

Google_DNS 10.14 ms

Quad9 12.71 ms

OpenDNS 13.57 ms

CleanBrowsing 14.85 ms

Norton_DNS 23.85 ms

Yandex_DNS 38.14 ms

NL, Amsterdam

CloudFlare 1.14 ms

CleanBrowsing 1.14 ms

Quad9 1.71 ms

Google_DNS 2.71 ms

OpenDNS 4.42 ms

Norton_DNS 9.85 ms

Comodo_DNS 12.85 ms

Yandex_DNS 40.42 ms

Germany, Frankfurt

Norton_DNS 1.14 ms

Quad9 1.14 ms

CloudFlare 4.42 ms

CleanBrowsing 5.00 ms

Google_DNS 8.14 ms

OpenDNS 8.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 19.57 ms

Yandex_DNS 28.85 ms

Japan, Tokyo

CloudFlare 2.00 ms

CleanBrowsing 2.14 ms

Norton_DNS 6.14 ms

Google_DNS 17.28 ms

Quad9 40.57 ms

Comodo_DNS 124.14 ms

OpenDNS 125.71 ms

Yandex_DNS 283.00 ms

Singapore

CloudFlare 1.14 ms

Google_DNS 2.00 ms

Quad9 2.14 ms

CleanBrowsing 2.28 ms

OpenDNS 28.14 ms

Norton_DNS 34.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 203.71 ms

Yandex_DNS 343.00 ms

India, Bang

CloudFlare 7.42 ms

Norton_DNS 21.28 ms

Quad9 38.85 ms

Google_DNS 40.71 ms

OpenDNS 59.42 ms

CleanBrowsing 138.71 ms

Comodo_DNS 150.57 ms

Yandex_DNS 171.57 ms

Australia, Sydney

CloudFlare 22.28 ms

Quad9 25.00 ms

Google_DNS 26.14 ms

CleanBrowsing 34.57 ms

OpenDNS 37.85 ms

Norton_DNS 164.57 ms

Comodo_DNS 186.28 ms

Yandex_DNS 352.14 ms

Australia, Brisbane

CloudFlare 3.00 ms

CleanBrowsing 13.57 ms

Quad9 17.71 ms

Google_DNS 66.14 ms

Norton_DNS 160.14 ms

Comodo_DNS 188.28 ms

OpenDNS 190.28 ms

Yandex_DNS 336.71 ms

Brasil, Sao Paulo

CloudFlare 2.71 ms

CleanBrowsing 12.00 ms

Google_DNS 29.71 ms

Norton_DNS 114.71 ms

Quad9 114.71 ms

Comodo_DNS 129.85 ms

OpenDNS 213.14 ms

Yandex_DNS 238.14 ms

So, now you know which DNS network is the fastest in your location with this article, right? I hope these statistics will help you to get the fast internet access without any interruption in the services. If you are facing any difficulties regarding this topic, let us know them in the below comment section and we will get back to you as soon as possible to solve all your queries. The statistics in this article are according to Medium website.

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